No, I don't work for the company nor own shares in them.Don't know how long this has been public knowledge and whether or not I'm the last one to find out, just for a change.Not even 100% sure something this commercially-oriented is the done thing here on WC but I can delete it if our Eel Overlords object.Anyroadup, a friend just pointed this out to me and thought it might, somehow, be of interest to somebody:Daz Studio Pro 4, Bryce Pro 7 and Hexagon 2.5 are all legitimately available to download for free here. I can barely find my way around Photoshop but I've grabbed these just in case the 3D muse takes me some day. So far there've been no catches, such as a 30-day trial period before they hit you up for the usual $429.95, or any other kind of drawback besides the sudden, vertigo-inducingly steep learning curve I now have ahead of me.

Here's an image from my picture book CALL OF THE SCREAMING WICKED. It features the last living mugger to live in a Utopian society. I'm hoping this is the right place to post such things, it is technically on the net.